Will Tyron Woodley go down as the best welterweight in history?

He's beaten four of the best welterweights in recent history: Condit, Lawler, Thompson, and Maia.

Who does he face after this? Masvidal? The only blatant gaffe in his resume is the MacDonald fight. Who's gonna beat this dude? Colby? Magny? Lawler in a rematch? I could really only see Masvidal outmaneuvering him or maybe Gastelum coming down and beating him.

But other than that, this guy has all the tools to defend his belt for many years.

If we are going strictly by the numbers then Woodley has to defend his belt 7 more times to surpass GSP. Possible? Sure. Probable? No.

You can argue he is 2nd or 3rd best at this point... maybe. GSP has dominated that division for so long that at the moment he has his claim on lockdown. Belts seem to change hands more than ever now as well.

He's beaten four of the best welterweights in recent history: Condit, Lawler, Thompson, and Maia.

Who does he face after this? Masvidal? The only blatant gaffe in his resume is the MacDonald fight. Who's gonna beat this dude? Colby? Magny? Lawler in a rematch? I could really only see Masvidal outmaneuvering him or maybe Gastelum coming down and beating him.

But other than that, this guy has all the tools to defend his belt for many years.

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Condit was injured and the fight incomplete legit ww, Thompson is not one of the best WW's he's flash with little substance he deserved to lose to Woodley he fought scared both times. Lawler & Maia are very legit ww's, Woodley as a long way to go before any WW GOAT talk.